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Originally Posted by Aardark
I think, the more languages you already know, the easier learning new ones becomes (unless they are very different, like Latin versus Vietnamese, or the fuckin Sumerian). I don't know why you think they would be ''overwritten''; it's not like you forget how to brush your teeth when learning how to tie your own shoes. The only limiting factor is the amount of languages that you will be able to actively use often enough not to forget them, which is, probably, not more than ten or so, in most cases.
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That's right. There are a lot of languages which are almost the same. If you know German, it's not a big deal to learn languages like Danish, Dutch or even Swedish. Finnish language is familiar to Hungarian. Bottom line: learning three, four completely different languages can be tougher than learning like 12 languages that have the same roots. Tougher than it is [Cake].
Jam it back in, in the dark.